About our project

From January 2008 the Good Gardeners Association has been given funding by the Ernest Cooke Trust to extend a recent pilot scheme.

We aim to introduce children to the idea that our treatment of soil alters the nutritional quality of the food we grow in it, which in turn affects our health and that of the planet.

This links in with many aspects of the National Curriculum and many current national iniatives.

The project is very flexible and has been run with KS 1 - 3 and in Steiner Waldorf schools. We provide a hands-on learning experience where the children have responsibility for their learning. For more info see "Calling All Schools" post.

Wednesday 7 January 2009

January 2009

Yes, it is cold, but the seed packets are appearing back in shops and our thoughts turn to lush plots of nutritious food grown in great soil.

We have been sending of funding applications but it appears that recent financial turmoil has hit the funding bodies too so not so much cash to go around this year. We are still very hopeful that some of the applications will be successful and we will be able to continue and EXPAND the Sowing the Seed project this year.

We received some wonderful feedback from Minsterworth, where we spent many happy hours last year with the children. "The activities were very well organised and set at the children's level. They really enjoyed it, as did the teachers." The project gave childrne the experience of investigateion, it also allowed them to see things grown from beginning to end. We would like to be part of research prject in the future if you would like to work with us again."
(Mrs Ritchie, Headteacher)
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